EP3642816A1 - Door detection system and method - Google Patents
Door detection system and methodInfo
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- EP3642816A1 EP3642816A1 EP18821255.9A EP18821255A EP3642816A1 EP 3642816 A1 EP3642816 A1 EP 3642816A1 EP 18821255 A EP18821255 A EP 18821255A EP 3642816 A1 EP3642816 A1 EP 3642816A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
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- the present disclosure relates generally to elevator systems and, more particularly, to a door detection system that enhances safety.
- the position of the car door and the hoistway door may dictate when a car hoisting apparatus moves the car to another floor.
- a car hoisting apparatus moves the car to another floor.
- an operable switch or switches
- the car hoisting apparatus moves the car.
- Elevator technicians and the like can interfere with the switches to leave the hoistway door open after the car has left the floor— creating a safety risk.
- the hoistway door switch may be disabled or by-passed by a shunt to permit the car to continue to operate.
- the present disclosure relates to a system which provides additional safety means to combat tampering with normal operation of an elevator car.
- a door detection system may include an elevator car door that moves towards and away from an elevator door frame, a hoistway door that moves towards and away from the elevator door frame, a transmitter-receiver positioned on the elevator car door with a first face configured to transmit a first signal and a second face configured to transmit and receive a second signal, a first receiver positioned on the elevator door frame configured to receive the first transmitted signal, and a reflector positioned on the hoistway door substantially opposite the second transmitting and receiving face when the elevator car door and the hoistway door are closed.
- the transmitter-receiver includes one or more processors configured to detect the reflected signal from the reflector, determine whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the detected signal, and send instructions to the elevator detection system to keep the elevator car stationary when the hoistway door is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door.
- the first signal is an infrared light beam.
- the reflected signal transmitted from the reflector is more intense as compared to the reflected signal from the hoistway door.
- the first face is also configured to receive a reflected first signal.
- the one or more processors determine the intensity of the detected reflected signal from the reflector and compare the detected signal to a preset threshold intensity to determine whether the elevator car door is closed.
- the first signal is transmitted in a direction parallel with the elevator car.
- the second signal is transmitted in a direction perpendicular to the elevator car.
- the first signal is transmitted in a direction parallel with the elevator car and the second signal is transmitted in a direction perpendicular to the elevator car.
- the hoistway door is a swinging hoistway door that swings away from the elevator car door about a hinge.
- aspects of the disclosure provide for a system that also includes a first pair of contacts configured to indicate when an elevator car door of an elevator car is closed, and a second pair of contacts configured to indicate when a hoistway door is closed.
- This system also includes a transmitter positioned on the elevator car door configured to transmit a signal in a direction perpendicular to the elevator car door, a reflector positioned on the hoistway door substantially opposite the transmitter when the elevator car door and the hoistway door are closed, a receiver configured to receive the reflected signal from the reflector, and one or more processors.
- the one or more processors are configured to detect the reflected signal using the receiver, determine whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the detected signal, and send instructions to keep the elevator car stationary when the hoistway door is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door.
- the elevator car door includes a first protrusion and the hoistway door includes a second protrusion, and the elevator door protrusion contacts the hoistway door protrusion to close the hoistway door.
- the hoistway door is a swinging hoistway door that swings away from the elevator car door about a hinge.
- aspects of the disclosure provide for a system that also includes one or more transmitters positioned on an elevator car door of an elevator car, one or more receivers positioned on the elevator car door and facing in the same direction as the one or more transmitters, a reflector positioned on a hoistway door substantially opposite to the one or more transmitters and the one or more receivers when the elevator car door and the hoistway door are closed, and one or more processors.
- the one or more transmitters face in a direction perpendicular to the elevator car door's surface and are configured to transmit a signal.
- the one or more processors are configured to detect the signal using the one or more receivers, determine whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the detected signal, and send instructions to an elevator system to keep the elevator car stationary when the hoistway door is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door.
- the system also includes one or more second transmitters positioned on the elevator car door of the elevator car, which face in a direction parallel to the elevator car door's surface and are configured to transmit a second signal.
- the system also includes one or more second receivers positioned on the elevator car door frame of the elevator car at least substantially opposite the one or more second transmitters.
- the one or more processors are configured to detect the second signal using the one or more first receivers and determine whether the elevator car door is closed based on the detected second signal.
- the method includes transmitting, by a transmitter controlled by one or more processors, a signal in a direction, the transmitter being positioned on an elevator car door of an elevator car and the direction being perpendicular to the elevator car door's surface; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the signal is detected at a receiver, the receiver being positioned on a hoistway door; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the detected signal; and sending, by the one or more processors, instructions to an elevator system to keep the elevator car stationary when the hoistway door is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door.
- This method includes transmitting, by a first transmitter controlled by one or more processors, a first signal in a first direction, the first transmitter being positioned on an elevator car door of an elevator car; detecting, by the one or more processors, the first signal using a first receiver, the first receiver being positioned on an elevator car door frame of the elevator car; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the elevator car door is closed based on the detected first signal; transmitting, by a second transmitter controlled by the one or more processors, a second signal in a second direction, the second transmitter being positioned on the elevator car door; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the second signal is detected at a second receiver, the second receiver being positioned on a hoistway door; determining, by the one or more processors, whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the detected second signal; and sending, by the one or more processors, instructions to an elevator system to keep the elevator
- FIGURE 1A is a perspective view of an elevator system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE IB is a side view of the elevator system of FIGURE 1A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 1C is a top-down view of the elevator system of FIGURE 1A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE ID is a front view of the elevator system of FIGURE 1A with a hoistway door in a closed position in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE IE is a front view of the elevator system of FIGURE 1 A with the hoistway door hidden for clarity in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE IF is a top-down view of a detection system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 1G is a top-down view of the elevator system of FIGURE 1A including another detection system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 2A is a top-down view of an elevator system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure including a close-up partial view of another detection system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 2B is a top-down view of the elevator system of FIGURE 2 A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 2C is a top-down view of the elevator system of FIGURE 2A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 2D is a perspective view of the elevator system of FIGURE 2A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 2E is another top-down view of the elevator system of FIGURE 2A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 3A is a top-down view of another elevator system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure with a detection system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 3B is a top-down view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 3A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 3C is yet another top-down view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 3A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 3D is a perspective view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 3A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 4 is a functional diagram of the elevator system of FIGURE 2A or FIGURE 3A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 5A is a top-down view of an elevator system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure with a detection system in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 5B is another top-down view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 5A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 5C is a further top-down view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 5A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 5D is a perspective view of the elevator system and detection system of FIGURE 5A in accordance with aspects of the disclosure.
- FIGURE 6 is a flow diagram of a method in accordance with aspects of the disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
- an elevator system 100 includes an elevator car 102 situated within a hoistway shaft 103.
- the elevator car 102 may have a sliding elevator car door 104 that is controlled by arm mechanism 105.
- the elevator car 102 may be configured to align with an opening 106 of the hoistway shaft 103 at a floor 107 of a building.
- the sliding elevator car door 104 is parallel to a hoistway door 108.
- Hoistway door 108 may be a sliding door controlled by arm mechanism 109.
- FIGURE IE A clearer view of the arm mechanism 109 is shown FIGURE IE, where the hoistway door 108 is hidden.
- a transmitter-receiver 110 and a reflector 111 constitute a door detection system 112.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 and reflector 111 may be added onto an existing elevator system or manufactured as part of a new elevator system.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 is positioned on the sliding elevator car door 104 while the reflector 111 is positioned on the hoistway door 108 facing the transmitter-receiver 110.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 may be configured to transmit a signal in the direction of the reflector 111 and detect a signal from the reflector 111, which may be configured to reflect the signal transmitted from the transmitter part of the transmitter-receiver 110 towards the receiver part of the transmitter-receiver 110.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 transmits a signal in the direction of the reflector 111 from a light emitting diode (LED) 113 and receives the reflected signal from via an optical sensor 114.
- the distance between the LED 113 and the optical sensor 114 may be between 0.1 to 2 inches, although other distances are also contemplated within the scope of the present disclosure.
- the angle of incidence of the reflected signal is between 0° and 90°. In some embodiments the angle of incidence of the reflected signal is between 0° and 10°. In some embodiments the angle of incidence is 0°.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 can utilize near field communication (NFC), Bluetooth®, radio-frequency identification (RF D), or any combination thereof to transmit to, and/or receive signals from, the reflector 111.
- NFC near field communication
- RF D radio-frequency identification
- the reflector 111 can be a passive RFID tag or a barcode.
- the reflector 111 can be an active RFID tag with a local power source (such as a battery) powering the RFID tag.
- a door detection system 112 may also include a first receiver 120.
- the first receiver 120 may be positioned on an elevator door frame 122 facing the transmitter-receiver 110 and configured to receive and detect transmitted signals from the transmitter part of the transmitter- receiver 110.
- the transmitter part of the transmitter-receiver 110 may include a light curtain transmitter positioned along the edge of the elevator car door 104, pointed towards the elevator door frame 122, and configured to transmit a signal to the first receiver 120.
- the first receiver 120 may be a light curtain receiver affixed to the elevator door frame 122, pointed towards the transmitter-receiver 110, and aligned with the light curtain transmitter.
- the elevator door detection system 112 can detect and determine, using one or more computing devices, that the elevator car door 104 and hoistway door 108 are both properly closed. Similarly, if the transmitter-receiver 110 is not properly aligned with the first receiver 120 and the reflector 111, the elevator door detection system 112 can detect and determine, using the one or more computing devices, that either the elevator car door 104 or the hoistway door 108, or both, are not properly closed.
- the transmitter-receiver 110, reflector 111 and first receiver 120 determine whether (1) the elevator car door 104 is closed and (2) whether the hoistway door 108 is properly positioned in a closed state when the elevator car door 104 is closed. If one or both of (1) and (2) are determined not to be true, then the elevator door detection system may prevent the elevator car 102 from moving until both (1) and (2) are determined to be true.
- the elevator system 200 is configured to detect whether elevator car door 104 and hoistway door 108 are closed.
- the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 may include contacts 152 and protrusions 156, 158 that aid in ensuring that both doors are closed before the elevator car 102 is operated.
- a contact 152 at the edge of the car door 104 can touch a corresponding contact 152' positioned in the elevator door frame 122 when the car door 104 is closed.
- a similar contact and door frame configuration may also be present with regards to the hoistway door 108.
- Protrusion 156 positioned on the outer surface of elevator car door 104, may be configured to contact protrusion 158, positioned on the hoistway door 108 opposite the elevator car door 104.
- the protrusions 156 and 158 may be in contact.
- the protrusion 158 may be positioned closer to the outer edge of the hoistway door 108 than protrusion 156 to the outer edge of the elevator car door 104.
- the right surface of the protrusion 158 may be in contact with the left surface of the protrusion 156 when both the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are closed.
- the car door protrusion 156 may push on the hoistway door protrusion 158 to push the hoistway door 108 into a closed position.
- the hoistway door 108 may move to a closed position without the assistance of the car door protrusion 156.
- one or more transmitter-receivers 110 may be positioned along an edge of the elevator car door 104, such as within one or two inches from the edge of the elevator car door 104.
- the one or more transmitters-receivers 110 may have a first transmitting face 124 configured to transmit in a direction parallel to the elevator car door 104.
- One or more additional receivers 120 may be positioned on the inside of the elevator door frame 122 facing the first transmitting face 124.
- the one or more transmitters-receivers 110 may be configured to transmit a signal from the first transmitting face 124 towards the one or more receivers 120 configured to detect the transmitted signal.
- the signal may be infrared light or other type of signal that may be reflected by a physical object.
- the first transmitting face 124 of the one or more transmitters-receivers 110 may be a light curtain transmitter that emits signals along a plane, and the one or more first receivers 120 may be a light curtain receiver, such as described in U.S. Patent No. 6, 167,991 to Full et al. incorporated by reference herein.
- the door detection system 112 may also include a transmitter-receiver 110 having a second transmitting face 130 and a second receiver 140 and one or more reflectors 111 positioned on the hoistway door 108 opposite the second transmitting face 130.
- the second transmitting face 130 of the transmitter-receiver 110 may be configured to transmit a signal in a direction perpendicular to the elevator car door 104.
- the second receiver 140 is adjacent to or on the second transmitting face 130.
- the second transmitting face 130 may be configured to transmit a signal towards the reflector 111, positioned on hoistway door 108.
- the reflector 111 may be configured to reflect a signal transmitted from the second transmitting face 130, and the second receiver 140 may be configured to receive the reflected signal when the reflector 111 is opposite the second transmitting face 130.
- the signal may be any type of signal that may be reflected by a physical object, for example, infrared light.
- the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 may be configured to move between a closed position and an open position along respective tracks.
- the first transmitting face 124 and the first receiver 120 may be in contact or nearly in contact, such as within an inch or two apart.
- the reflector 111 may be aligned with the second transmitting face 130 and the second receiver 140.
- the signal received at the first receiver 120 from the transmitter-receiver 110 may be at or above a first threshold intensity.
- the reflected signal received at the second receiver 140 from the second transmitters 130 may be at or above a second threshold intensity.
- the first threshold intensity and the second threshold intensity values may be predetermined or pre-programmed in various processors and memory as described herein.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 and the first receiver 120 may be a door' s width apart.
- the reflector 111 may remain aligned with the second transmitting face 130 and the second receiver 140. In this open position, the signal received at the first receiver 120 from the transmitter- receiver 110 may be below the first threshold intensity, but the reflected signal received at the second receiver 140 from the second transmitting face 130 may be at or above the second threshold intensity.
- the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 may slide between the closed position and the open position in tandem, such that the reflector 111 and the second transmitting face 130 are kept aligned when the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are opening or closing.
- the reflector 111 may not be aligned respectively with the second transmitters 130 and the second receiver 140. Because the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are not in sync, one door may reach a closed position and/or an open position before the other door.
- the hoistway door 108 may be in the closed position while the elevator car door 104 is in the open position.
- the reflected signal received at the second receiver 140, from the one or more second transmitting faces 130 may be below the second threshold intensity.
- no signal transmitted from the second transmitters 130 is reflected to the second receiver 140.
- elevator system 300 includes different configurations for protrusions 156 and 158.
- the elevator system 300 may also include transmitter-receiver 110, reflector 111, and first receiver 120 as described above in relation to elevator system 100.
- protrusions 156 and 158 may be configured such that protrusion 156 may be positioned closer to the outer edge of the elevator car door 104 than protrusion 158 is to the outer edge of the hoistway door 108.
- the right surface of the protrusion 156 may be in contact with the left surface of the protrusion 158 when both the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are closed.
- the protrusion 158 of hoistway door 108 may push on protrusion 156 of elevator car door 104 to push the elevator car door 108 into a closed position as the hoistway door 104 is closing, if the elevator car door 104 does not move to a closed position on its own accord.
- the reflector 111 may not be aligned with the second transmitting face 130 and second receiver 140.
- the elevator car door 104 may be more closed than the hoistway door 108.
- one door may reach a closed position and/or an open position before the other door does.
- the reflected signal received at the second receiver 140 may be below the second threshold intensity.
- no signal transmitted from the second transmitting face 130 is received at the second receiver 140.
- the door detection system 112 may also include one or more computing devices 160.
- the one or more computing devices may be integrated into the transmitter-receiver 110 or be a separate computing module.
- the one or more computing devices 160 may comprise one or more processors 162 and a memory 164.
- the one or more processors 162 may be any conventional processors, such as commercially available CPUs.
- the one or more processors may be a dedicated device such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or other hardware-based processor, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- FIGURE 4 functionally illustrates the one or more processors 162 and memory 164 as being within the same block, it will be understood that the one or more processors 162 and memory 164 may actually comprise multiple processors and memories that may or may not be stored within the same physical housing. Accordingly, references to a processor or computer will be understood to include references to a collection of processors or computers or memories that may or may not operate in parallel.
- Memory 164 stores information accessible by the one or more processors 162, including data 166 and instructions 168 that may be executed by the one or more processors 210.
- the memory 164 may be of any type capable of storing information accessible by the processor, including a computer-readable medium such as a hard-drive, memory card, ROM, RAM, DVD or other optical disks, as well as other write-capable and read-only memories.
- the system and method may include different combinations of the foregoing, whereby different portions of the instructions and data are stored on different types of media.
- Data 166 may be retrieved, stored or modified by the one or more processors 162 in accordance with the instructions 168.
- the data 166 may be stored in computer registers, in a relational database as a table having a plurality of different fields and records, XML documents or flat files.
- the data 166 may also be formatted in any computer-readable format such as, but not limited to, binary values or Unicode.
- image data may be stored as bitmaps comprised of grids of pixels that are stored in accordance with formats that are compressed or uncompressed, lossless (e.g., BMP) or lossy (e.g., JPEG), and bitmap or vector-based (e.g., SVG), as well as computer instructions for drawing graphics.
- the data 166 may comprise any information sufficient to identify the relevant information, such as numbers, descriptive text, proprietary codes, references to data stored in other areas of the same memory or different memories (including other network locations) or information that is used by a function to calculate the relevant data.
- Instructions 168 may be any set of instructions to be executed directly (such as machine code) or indirectly (such as scripts) by the one or more processors 162.
- the instructions 166 may cause the one or more processors 162 to transmit a signal via the one or more first transmitters 110 and/or the one or more second transmitters 130, to detect and process a signal received at the one or more first receivers 120 and/or the one or more second receivers 140, or to perform another step.
- the instructions 168 may be stored as computer code on the computer-readable medium.
- the terms "instructions" and “programs” may be used interchangeably herein.
- the instructions 166 may be stored in object code format for direct processing by the one or more processors 162, or in any other computer language including scripts or collections of independent source code modules that are interpreted on demand or compiled in advance. Functions, methods and routines of the instructions 166 are explained in more detail below.
- FIGURES 5A-5D show another embodiment of an elevator door system 500 that has the door detection system 112 installed.
- the hoistway door 108 in FIGURES 5A-5D is a swinging hoistway door.
- contacts 152, 152' may also be used to detect when the elevator car door 104 and/or the hoistway door 108 are closed, as discussed above.
- systems with swinging hoistway doors 108 may have an additional pair of contacts (not shown) that detect when the hoistway door 108 is locked. No protrusions are necessary in the elevator door system 500 with swinging hoistway doors since the elevator car door 104 would not be able to push the swinging hoistway door to a closed position.
- the first transmitter-receiver 110, the first receiver 120, the second transmitting face 130, the second receiver 140, and the reflector 111 may be similarly positioned to the elevator detection system 112 shown in FIGURE 2 A.
- the elevator car door 104 may be positioned (for example, by sliding), relative the first receiver 120, such that the transmitter-receiver 110 is approximately a door's width away from the first receiver 120.
- the hoistway door 108 may be configured to swing away from the elevator car 102 about a hinge 170.
- the reflector 111 does not face the elevator car 102 and does not align with the second transmitting face 130 and second receiver 140.
- the reflector 111 may remain unaligned with the second transmitting face 130 and second receiver 140 until both the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are in a closed position.
- the reflector 111 is not aligned with the second transmitting face 130 or second receiver 140 of the transmitter- receiver 110.
- the elevator door system 100, 200, 300 may have two sliding car doors and two sliding hoistway doors rather than one.
- the two sliding car doors meet in the middle when in a closed position.
- the two sliding hoistway doors meet in the middle when in the closed position.
- first and second car doors may each have transmitter-receivers 110 and first and second hoistway doors may each have reflectors 111.
- First receivers 120 may be adjacent to or on the first transmitting face 124 of the transmitter-receivers 110, rather than affixed on the door frame.
- the second transmitting faces 130 and second receivers 140 are facing and aligned with the reflectors 111.
- the first receiver of a first car door is facing and aligned with the first transmitting face 124 of a second car door, and vice versa.
- first receiver 120 is on the first car door while the transmitter-receiver 110 is on the second car door.
- Each of the two car doors may include the second transmitting face 130 and the second receiver 140, and each of the hoistway doors may include the reflector 111.
- the first receiver 120 of the first car door is facing and aligned with the transmitter-receiver 110 of the second car door, and the second transmitting face 130 and second receiver 140 of each car door are facing and aligned with the reflector 111 on the corresponding hoistway door.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 may include a single transmitter configured to transmit a signal in at least a first direction via the first transmitting face 124 towards the first receiver 120 and a second direction via the second transmitting face 130 away from the elevator car 102 perpendicular to the first direction.
- the single transmitter may be a three- dimensional transmitter which transmits a light beam having a predetermined angular spread over three dimensions and the first receiver 120 may be a wide field of view receiver, such as described in U.S. Patent No. 6,167,991 to Full et al. and U.S. Patent No. 5,886,307 to Full et al, both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
- the first receiver 120 may alternatively be positioned adjacent to or on the first transmitting face 124 of the transmitter-receivers 110, similar to how the second receiver 140 may be positioned adjacent to or on the second transmitting face 130.
- one or more second reflectors may be positioned on the elevator door frame 122 facing the first transmitting face 124 of the transmitter-receiver 110 in a manner such that a signal transmitted from the first transmitting face 124 may be reflected off the one or more second reflectors towards the first receiver 120.
- the first receiver 120 may therefore be configured to receive signals reflected by the second reflector which are transmitted by the transmitter-receiver 110.
- the transmitter part of transmitter-receiver 110 that is configured to transmit through the first transmitting face 124 may be positioned in the elevator door frame 122 and the first receiver 120 may be positioned on the car door 104 or may be a receiver part of the transmitter- receiver 110.
- flow diagram 600 in accordance with some of the aspects described above, may be performed by the one or more processors 162. While FIGURE 6 shows blocks in a particular order, the order may vary and multiple operations may be performed simultaneously. Also, operations may be added or omitted.
- the one or more processors 162 may transmit a first signal in a first direction using a first transmitter.
- the first transmitter may be the transmitter-receiver 110 positioned along and near the edge of the elevator car door 104.
- the first direction may be parallel to the car door 104 and towards a first receiver 120 positioned on the elevator door frame 122. Transmission of the first signal may be continuous or may be modulated at a particular frequency.
- the first transmitter may be an LED transmitting an infrared light signal.
- the one or more processors 162 may detect the first signal using the first receiver 120.
- the one or more processors 162 may detect the first signal based on a frequency of the signal, a frequency of the modulation, or other characteristics of the first signal.
- the one or more processors 162 may determine whether the elevator car door 104 is closed based on the detected first signal.
- the detected first signal has an intensity.
- the intensity of the detected first signal may be at or above the first threshold intensity.
- the intensity of the detected first signal may be below the first threshold intensity.
- the one or more processors 162 may therefore determine the intensity of the detected first signal, compare the determined intensity with the first threshold intensity, and determine whether the elevator car door 104 is closed.
- the one or more processors 162 may transmit a second signal in a second direction using a second transmitter.
- the second transmitter may be one of the one or more second transmitters 130 positioned on the elevator car door 104 facing away from the elevator car 102.
- the second direction may be perpendicular to the first direction.
- the second signal may be continuously transmitted or may be modulated at a particular frequency.
- the second transmitter may also be an LED transmitting an infrared light signal.
- the one or more processors 162 may determine whether the second signal is detected using the second receiver 140.
- the second receiver may be placed in the same or similar location as the second transmitting face 130 and also may be facing the same or similar direction as the second transmitting face 130.
- the second receiver 140 may therefore receive the second signal after the second signal is reflected by a physical object, such as the hoistway door 108, reflector 111, or reflective material on a surface of the hoistway door 108.
- the one or more processors 162 may determine whether the hoistway door 108 is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door 104 based on the detected second signal.
- the detected second signal may have an intensity.
- the reflector 111 positioned on the hoistway door 108 facing the elevator car 102, may be positioned directly opposite the second transmitting face 130.
- the second signal transmitted from the second transmitting face 130 may be reflected by the reflector 111 and received at the second receiver 140 at or above the second threshold intensity.
- the second signal detected at the second receiver 140 may be below the second threshold intensity.
- the one or more processors 162 may determine the intensity of the detected second signal, compare the intensity of the detected second signal with the second threshold intensity, and determine whether the hoistway door 108 is properly positioned with respect to with the elevator car door 104.
- the second signal may not be detected at the second receiver 140, in which case the one or more processors 162 may determine that the hoistway door 108 is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door 104.
- the one or more processors 162 may send instructions to the elevator detection system 112 to keep the elevator car stationary when either the elevator car door 104 is not closed or the hoistway door 108 is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door 104. If both the elevator car door 104 is closed and the hoistway door 108 is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door 104, then both the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are in a closed position, and the elevator car 102 may proceed to its next destination. If, however, one of these conditions is not true, then one or both of the doors are not closed, and the elevator car 102 should be held at its current location until at least both doors are closed.
- the instructions may be for the elevator car 102 to remain stationary until both the elevator car door 104 becomes closed and the hoistway door 108 becomes properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door 104.
- the instructions may also include other conditions in which the elevator car 102 may be moved, such as user input is received that indicates that both doors are closed or an override of the instructions to remain stationary.
- the instructions may also include emitting a sound until both doors are closed or user input is received.
- the door detection system 112 may only comprise the transmitter-receiver 110.
- the one or more processors 162 may be then configured to determine whether the hoistway door 108 is properly positioned with respect to the elevator door as described above and send instructions to keep the elevator car stationary when the hoistway door 108 is not properly positioned with respect to the elevator door.
- the transmitter-receiver 110 share electrical circuitry and be a transceiver.
- the features described above may provide for an elevator system that more reliably ensures that both the elevator car door 104 and the hoistway door 108 are closed before moving the elevator car 102. Elevator rides using the elevator system may therefore be safer and smoother.
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